Countless studies have highlighted the industrial and medicinal uses of marijuana (cannabis), yet the federal government claims that it has ‘no accepted medical use’ and continues to classify it in the same category as heroin, MDMA, and PCP. Despite the ruling, the medial marijuana market is priced at around $1.7-billion — that’s almost as much as the explosive Viagra market, coming in at around $1.9 billion.

Why do so many individuals suffering from disease swear by marijuana if it has no real medical use? And furthermore, were the thousands of studies on the medicinal benefits of marijuana completely incorrect?

Some cannabis activists actually state that certain properties of marijuana can act as a “cure-all” in the right forms. You may know that marijuana is usually quite high in THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol), which is the compound responsible for the psychoactive effect of cannabis. In contrast, it is also low in CBD (cannabidiol) content. Both THC and CBD are known as cannabinoids, however, which interacts with your body in a very unique way.

What you may not be familiar with is how CBD has been shown to block the effect of THC in the nervous system. This allows marijuana plants to exhibit the most psychoactive effects. Hemp, on the other hand, is high in CBD and low in THC. This is due to the fact that it is bred to maximize its fiber, seeds, and oil. Of course these key properties are what it is most commonly used for.

You see, hemp is a very powerful industrial substance, but it also has a number of health benefits. Interestingly enough, THC-free hemp is actually quite popular in protein drinks, green superfoods, and even clothing. This type of hemp has zero psychoative effects, yet it is still illegal to grow within the United States.

Two tablespoons of shelled hemp seeds contain about 11 grams of protein and 2 grams of unsaturated omega-3 fatty acids.

Cannabinoids are promoted as a health-promoting substance in the popular documentary “Run from the Cure” with Rick Simpson. The entire documentary is available free on Youtube:

The film speaks specifically on Hemp Oil, which Rick Simpson and his followers say can even cure cancer. Speaking on the subject of marijuana benefits, particularly in the form of Hemp Oil, Simpson states:

“I have been providing people with instructions on how to make Hemp Oil medicines for about 8 years. The results have been nothing short of amazing. Throughout man’s history hemp has always been known as the most medicinal plant in the world. Even with this knowledge hemp has always been used as a political and religious football.

Research has shown marijuana to be beneficial to health, yet Marijuana has been classified as dangerous by the federal government, outlawed, and made illegal. Many pharmaceuticals, on the other hand, have gone unchecked despite causing more fatalities than traffic accidents. In fact, even slightly more than the recommended dose of Tylenol can kill you, while THC-free hemp will simply boost your immune system.

You do not have to smoke marijuana to enjoy its benefits. THC-free hemp, which comes without any mind-altering effects, is a great health superfood that is used by many. For the government to classify marijuana in the same category as heroin and PCP while allowing deadly pharmaceuticals to go unregulated shows how little they truly care about public health.

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4 comments on “Why is Marijuana Illegal? | The Health Aspects of Cannabis”

The federal government holds the patent on medical marijuana and many researchers have published recently that we all are born with cannabis in our brains and that those people who fall asleep have a very high concentration of cannabis at birth and the people who it wakes up have a very low concentration of cannabis from birth in their brains. Cannabis is linked in these same studies to the stimulating of neurotransmitters in the same way that anti-depressants do. Our government has been lying to us for decades about their studies on the subject.

Marijuana is a completely harmless substance. We aren’t telling the truth about pot and it is just ridiculous. Pot has so many more benefits than negative side-effects its not even comparable. It is a natural plant that grows on the same earth we do. To make a plant illegal, and make the act of smoking it, which harms no one at all, illegal, is just complete blasphemy. I hope one day we will open our minds and pot will be legalized. Do you believe marijuana will ever be legal worldwide?

Great post! :)

If you are interested, I have a lot of posts about marijuana in my blogging community.

I am at the point that I don’t care if marijuana is legal or not. I’ll take it until the day I die. It’s a gift from the Gods to this stressed out population. Of course,I live in Canada so it’s easy to be a martyr here. Yes, I believe it will be legalized. Personally, I would like to put in jail all the opponents of marijuana that lied with deceit in their heart (criminal intent). But let me smoke a doobie and I’ll even forgive them. Maybe…

In the grand scheme of things, marijuana is probably less harmful than most other psychoactive substances — including alcohol. From the perspective of a recoverying addict, it seems to me that the attempt to regulate legal and illicit drugs has failed miserably. A new approach is necessary but those in power are afraid that everyone will suddenly become potheads (or worse, crackheads). The fact of the matter is that regulation has had little impact on addiction, and has probably had a more harmful effect on both society and those who suffer from addiction.